I have never complained about those who don't add a signature as long as it is clear they are a Ham, but I choose to add my own sig as a courtesy just as it is on "snail mail" that normally has the sender's name and address in the header but also bears a close and signature at the bottom.
Perhaps we're just dinosaurs in today's "streamlined" world. If so, please bear with us. It takes less time for me to type the sig than it does to remove the extraneous footings added to the messages in keeping with Eric's wishes, so I don't even bother with storing one in Outlook. 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 11:49 AM To: Harry Yingst; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Signing your posts, KPA1500, KPA500 Not too many reading posts on this reflector who do not know what a callsign is. It is part of reflector courtesy IMHO. I do not include my callsign on non ham reflector posts, nor do I sign with '73'. In other words, I do not have a signature file that attaches automatically - easy enough to do it manually. In my opinion relying on the email address for identification is not sufficient - so many email addresses are cryptic and convey little information. I am proud of my call, and have had it since I moved to Maryland in 1969 when I had to change it from W8DLB. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/23/2017 2:32 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: > > > It makes little sense to make a signature with a call sign when most > people outside of amateur radio would have no idea what it is? > > There is no need for a signature when the name is already in the sent field. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
